Bom Dia from here in Lisbon, Portugal.
I just arrived here to Lisbon a couple
of days ago for somewhat of a spontaneous trip to see the bro and see the cousins.
So first weekend here, we're going to be doing a little
exploration, little roadie all around Portugal
so the bro, Cody Candee is going to be
telling us what we're about to be doing the next 36 hours or so.
All right. Yeah, I got the plan here.
I'm also navigating Roberto,
but this weekend we're going to the villages of de Beiras.
I said that wrong, I'm sure.
But it's up near the Spanish border on the east side, or at least in that direction.
We're gonna start with national forest,
Samonte Nacional.
After that, we'll make our way over
to Teodo, which is a cool village that's kind of out in the middle of nowhere.
So should be a good time.
That sounds epic.
I think we're going to have a damn good time.
All right, guys, we'll see you once we get to the first stop.
First stop of today's roadie is at Busacco Forest with the bros here.
It's about €5 to enter with a car,
up to five people can get in, and there's a bunch of places to hike to,
so just a few steps from where you park, you've already got a stunning set
of stairs with a waterfall running through the middle.
So I have a feeling this is gonna be
beautiful hike, especially because the bro recommended it.
After about a 10 or 15-minute walk up
here, we got into the city center or the town center of the village.
You have some really old ancient architectures you can see right behind me.
And then on the other side, look at this garden.
Absolutely stunning.
Every single bush is perfectly cut to make these beautiful patterns.
Look at how absolutely stunning
this garden is, everything is perfectly designed with all the flowers above us.
Oh, and the bro just pointed out down here
got black swans swimming in this little pond.
They're enjoying the views right down there as well.
They're looking out into the garden, as you can see right there.
Since we're up here in the forest,
the oxygen is so much cleaner, and there's so many flowers.
So when you take a deep breath, you can smell the flowers.
You can enjoy the fresh air.
So after checking out the gardens, we ended up hiking a little further up.
Unfortunately, my microphone had died, and I did not realize it.
But we found this cool little cottage
that had some beautiful views looking out over the national forest right there.
And we hung out there for a bit before
making our way to the next place. On our drive over to Piodao
there was such beautiful landscapes along
the way, just winding roads through the mountains with beautiful yellow
flowers lighting up everything in the distance.
And we stopped along the way,
it's a great place to take your time, a leisurely drive through this area,
because there's just so much to see, a bunch of small little Portuguese towns,
and it's really enjoyable on the way to Piodao.
All right guys, after checking out the forest,
it's about a 1 hour and 30 minute drive to get to our next stop,
this village my brother recommended, apparently a very beautiful,
small and not as well known as some of the other places like Agar, Lagos, Porto.
But you'll definitely get that true
feeling of the Portuguese culture in this place.
So this is where we're actually going to be spending the night.
We've driven about 1 hour and 20 minutes and we have another ten minutes to go.
And I can tell you the last,
let's say 30 minutes or so, we've had a super beautiful drive just
weaving through these mountains that stretch so far into the distance
with these super beautiful yellow plants all along them.
So it's super cool to stop at some of the different stop offs along the road.
So make sure you are driving this route during the day or in the afternoon so you
can experience how beautiful these rolling hills and mountains are.
So that's what we're going to be doing for the next ten more minutes.
And then we will see you guys in the village.
But if it gets too dark, then we'll be showing you guys the village tomorrow.
Bom Dia, as they say here in Portugal, which means good morning.
We just had a really nice breakfast here.
It's seriously like the true Airbnb experience.
The bed and breakfast experience
where you wake up in a really cozy place.
Get some delicious breakfast,
and now we're going to be doing some exploring of this place.
Hopefully it's not too rainy.
That's why I switched over to the GoPro, just in case.
But a lot of cool things we're going to be
showing you today, hike into some villages,
checking out this village a little bit more and so many other cool things.
So let's do it. We're doing a little stroll through
the town this morning, and it is just as quiet as it was last night.
I don't know where all the people are, but it's already 9:00 a.m.
And it seems like they probably went
to bed super early last night because when we walked around the town through every
street, every possible little pathway through here, we couldn't find anyone.
But there's still nobody here.
So maybe it's because of the pandemic,
or maybe there's just not that many people living here.
But honestly, it has a nice little charm to it, actually,
just because it feels like we have the place to ourselves in a village,
we're going to be doing the Foz d'Egua village here.
It's about a 55-minute walk this way or 45-minute walk that way
so it sounds like a little loop. What do you think, bro?
Yeah, there's a lot of cool bridges and cool things to see along the way.
Sweet. Let's do it.
So guys, we're on our way back to the car
right now and you can check it out right here.
There is a fresh water
little spot to do your laundry here.
So as you can see this spot right here, it's always pumping in new water
and hear the noise of it draining out.
So you can come down here like a local, get your laundry done.
So if you look right down there from July
1st to August 31st, they actually dam that area
so all the water coming down here builds up into a nice little beach.
They even have it labeled as a Praya.
I don't know the exact name,
but if you're here during the summer you got a nice little community hang out spot
to go swimming right there at the local beach. After a nice little 40-minute
walk, we've arrived to Foz D'Egua and we're walking into the little town here.
Seems pretty quiet.
Just like the last town we were in.
'Cause we got Foz D' Egua
en piscina natural esquierda.
You hear that 20 miles of hiking.
That could be a great way to see this area
because we're noticing all these places, Bar da Foz right here.
Great little spot to grab a cerveza pre-pandemic days.
So I can just imagine this place probably has so much life and character
for a little weekend getaway that not too many people know about so,
definitely add this to your itinerary postpandemic.
Alright, so we have arrived
to Piscina Natural, but it looks like it's just like the other place that we were
at in the last village where they dam it for certain times of the year.
Bob dam it. So it's not open.
Unfortunately Bobby Bob can't jump in like we were hoping to,
but it's still cool to see because you have as you can see right up here,
bridges connecting to the little houses right along there.
Super picturesque.
Bobby, what do you think of Foz D'Egua?
So we just crossed this super, super beautiful bridge.
But unfortunately guys,
I can't recommend you to do it because you're actually not allowed.
We didn't realize that this passage is forbidden, so I don't know for what reason
that is, whether it's someone's house, whether it's dangerous.
It was a little scary walking across it not going to lie, but super, super cool.
So I wouldn't recommend it, but it is so cool to see. On to the next spot.
Alright, and we're en route back to Piodao, we're
doing the loop trail and here we go with the sun shining right on
Bobby Bob.
This is like the rich person of this village.
They have their own little private pool.
They've got access right to the bridge,
super close a little pavilion down there to chill out,
are you good with that.
So we've got a 45-minute or so, minute walk back to the main village we
stayed at, and we're gonna try and make it before restaurants close at 1:00 p.m.
right now because of COVID.
So I'm not sure when that's going to be over, but just keep that in mind.
Stop at the grocery store if you're gonna
be visiting in the next couple months, just in case it's not open yet,
because we were in a bind last night when we couldn't find anything to eat.
So that's a bit of a bummer, but luckily, we had a little trail mix to get us by,
so now we're gonna go into second gear to get us back.
I must say I'm enjoying the walk back even more, even though it's a little more
strenuous because we're out in the trails now versus on the pavement,
and we're like in it now, like right on the side of these mountains.
You can see those
Bali-like landscapes where it looks like
the rice fields they have, which is super cool.
A bit more of a workout, though, because we're going uphill.
So I would recommend doing this route.
Guys, we're riding back in the village,
and it is like even more magical than before, because now the sun's out.
Now we can see so far into the distance.
It's just, this place is something else.
I'm loving this little place.
Such a hidden little getaway.
We're thinking a lot of these places must
be maybe summer homes because there is nobody around.
Obviously the pandemic plays a role in it as well, but you would still think,
like some people would at least come out to get some fresh air here just because
there are so few people that live in a small village like this.
Here's our spot where we stayed, too.
So we actually just completed the full loop all the way around.
I can't stop smiling walking through this place.
It's such a cool little experience.
It's like you
think back to how similar this place was to what it is now
like 50 years ago. It probably had very little change.
Besides, maybe a few less tourists when you weren't able to get here by car,
because back in the 1970s, the only way was by horse carriage and foot.
Success, the bros have made it in, I think, ten minutes less
right, Cody? Ten minutes less than we anticipated.
As you can see, it's quite busy here.
This is the most amount of people we've
seen since we've been here, like a total of six or seven people
so pretty sweet.
You got gift shops down here, you got a couple of cafe options.
But once again, if you're coming here
soon, the restaurants are only open till about 1:00 p.m.
Postpandemic,
obviously they're going to be open much later
but words of advice. Name a better post hike combo, little agua
and of course, a little cafe con leche.
Nothing like European coffee.
Oh yeah. Bobby Bob
what's this one called? It's called chorizo.
We're going to do this.
Bobby Bob
so we got these sandwiches that you found on the menu.
What are they?
These are bifana nubao.
I got to confirm what Bobby Bob said,
the sandwich is delicious.
And want to know what makes it even better?
It'll only run you €3. 3 single euros
to have a delicious meal after hiking around here.
How's that chorizo treating you, bro? It's pretty good.
Pretty good hitting the spot? Would you recommend it?
To World Nomac fans,
yes.
That was a delicious meal right over here in the city center.
The chorizo, that sandwich, all of it was super, super good.
Definitely, come check them out.
We only spent 22 Euros for the three of us to eat a nice, big meal there
so super, super affordable here in this Portuguese village.
We're going to be heading back to the car now, and we're going to take a two-hour
drive to our next stop on this road trip here in Portugal.
We'll see you over at the car.
All right, guys, we are back in the car
and we have a two-hour drive over to the village of Monsanto.
Is that how you say it?
Monsanto.
So here in Portugal,
and we've been driving for about 10-15 minutes or so already
and the drive from the village, we're just
in Pino is so, so beautiful, windy roads around these amazing mountains
and there's all these small little pockets of villages throughout here.
And I am just loving this part of the drive.
It's such a cool way to see Portugal.
All right, guys, we just arrived to our
next spot here, which is the village of Monsanto,
which is right here at the top of this mountain/hill thing
and it's quite famous for these massive boulders
they have aligning it.
So we're going to be doing a little
walking round the city, show you this quaint little town, quaint little village,
and probably hike up to the top to see if we can see some beautiful views.
So let's do it.
This right here is a classic example of the city, this house had to be built right
around the boulder. That is custom architecture right there.
We had another example of the boulders
taking over, and the house is just fitting in the little crevices.
We've got a nice little viewpoint right here called Miradouro do Forno.
Right next to the bathrooms too, kill two birds with one stone.
All right, if you're just a couple of minutes, we're almost up here to the top.
And now we're really starting to see some
of these massive boulders that this place is known for.
Super cool spot, especially being so close to the Spanish border.
It was the perfect hideout spot back in the day.
And one thing that I want to mention is the Portuguese guy that we ran
into earlier said that like around now here in April
up 'til June is the best time to visit this place because it's not too hot yet,
and it's super green being obviously in the springtime
right now. So Monsanto has so many rock formations here.
Everywhere you look, you're going to be blown away because
they're like these massive granite weathered rocks that over time,
have just really created an amazing place to explore.
So the absolute must when you come to Monsanto is to hike up to the castle.
I'd say probably it will take us maybe
15-20 minutes total with stops, checking out some of these Miradours.
Miradours, as they say here.
Hello, sire.
Would you enjoy entering our castle?
Squire, reveal yourself.
Raise the drawbridge.
I need it to get by.
I hope you enjoyed a little sneak peek
of our Netflix series that's premiering soon called Land of the Kings here in Portugal.
All right, I've been to a lot of castles
when I've traveled, but this one might be my favorite
actually. The place just offers such good views
of Spain, of Portugal and the landscapes here, they're just absolutely stunning.
So you should only be climbing around
these rocks if you're an experienced climber and you have hiking shoes.
So definitely not what I'm doing. But we made it.
We're here. You call me Spot and Mac.
All right, we just finished up exploring
the castle, and I must say, this is my favorite castle I've ever explored.
What about you, Bobby? How does it rank?
It's pretty good. There was definitely
top ten. Cool spot,
like, this place, I think, is my favorite out of all the places we
saw this weekend so far, just because these boulders are
legendary.
All right, guys, and that wraps up our weekend road trip.
Thanks to the bro for planning all this.
It was such an awesome time,
as you guys could probably tell by watching, (that's a good time with World
Nomac) you know it, and with the bro and with Bobby Bob.
So I can tell you after doing this
weekender, you'll definitely want to do this.
If you're in Lisbon, if you have some time,
or if you're just driving around Portugal, it is a great, these,
all these places are a great set of destinations for you guys to stop at.
So that's pretty much it for today guys.
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